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> [“We are defined by those things we lack: the things we strive for and the things we require to make us whole.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-bolton/we-are-defined-by-those-things-we-lack-the-things-we-strive-for-and/)

[Raymond Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-bolton/)

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> [Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/bid-me-run-and-i-will-strive-with-things-impossible/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I never seemed to fit in. But it made me try to strive for things ten times harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-corgan/i-never-seemed-to-fit-in-but-it-made-me-try-to-strive-for-things-ten/)

[Billy Corgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-corgan/)

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> [Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/do-not-strive-for-things-occurring-to-occur-as-you-wish-but-wish-the/)

[Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/)

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> [When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/when-you-are-in-love-you-strive-to-do-the-things-that-will-please/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bethany-hamilton/strive-to-find-things-to-be-thankful-for-and-just-look-for-the-good/)

[Bethany Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bethany-hamilton/)

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